Tips To Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

An energy efficient home is about much more than saving electricity. It’s about lower energy bills, greater convenience and comfort as well as many health benefits.

RTA Cabinets: Save Money on Your Next Kitchen or Bath Remodel

According to a kitchen remodeling contractor when you are considering a remodeling project for your kitchen or bathroom, you might be tempted to choose a low-quality solution in order to save money. If this is the case, you should seriously reconsider your options. Ready-to-assemble (RTA) kits allow you to quickly install new bathroom or kitchen […]

Kitchen Backsplash Ideas that Will Have You Fired Up

Here are some ideas for kitchen backsplash from the best kitchen remodeling Austin TX you haven’t considered before. Ditch the tiles The idea that you can have the no-tile backsplash is pretty revolutionary, yet not unexpected. For some time now, kitchen designers have been toying with sleek designs and minimalist patterns. It’s not uncommon (or […]

Simple Charming Project Ideas For Beautiful DIY Home Renovation

Twine Light Bulb Pears 1. Twine Light Bulb Pears: Diy home renovation magic doesn’t have to be hard. Make your own twine light bulb pears by following this step-by-step DIY guide from Sweet Society (via Sweet Society) 2Rustic Rope Serving Tray 2. Rustic Rope Serving Tray: How to make a rustic rope serving tray, just […]

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How Custom Kitchens in Oakville Are Reaching New Extremes

From banking barons to real estate tycoons, the Toronto suburb of Oakville has become somewhat of a posh playground for Canada’s elite. Driving along Oakville’s waterfront is quite the treat! Majestic mansions with manicured gardens are a common sight on the neighbourhood’s tree-lined streets. The price tags on some of these fancy digs are enough […]

Where to locate table leg glides for classic kitchen dinettes — including NOS

Business president Tim Kasper informs me they’ve been producing glides for classic dinette seats, tables and other furniture internally since […]

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The Hukilau 2014 — amazing! — 55 photographs

Oh my term. I ‘d no notion. The Hukilau. The most awesome event I ‘ve attended. It was interesting. Kate and I arrived back on Monday — and we’re still processing — therefore now an easy-ish-peasy-ish we-can’t-even-start-to-catch-it-extremely photo essay: Scenes In The Hukilau 2014. To start — Kate and I […]

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5 more tips from readers: How to find vintage lighting at affordable prices

Stop at every garage sale. Ask new neighbors if they want their home’s old fixtures. Don’t forget the town dump. These were just a few of the crazy-in-a-good-way suggestions from our resourceful readers left on our recent story six tips to find affordable vintage lighting in a midcentury modern market gone mad, which bemoaned rising prices. These new […]

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Classic New Old-Stock vinyl by the yard — yummy retro shades, styles and embossing

After I studied sources for mid century furniture leg ferrules, I detected IFSCO Industries, Inc. — a real-deal ‘retro’ firm that’s been in enterprise since 1946. Turns out, the firm’s roots are in “cushioning goods” – and it’s sitting on a big a backlog of classic phonograph record patterns in the 1950s, 1960s, 70s and 80s — ideal to […]

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Victor of our Anne Taintor caption competition

And the winner of our particular Anne Taintor+Retro Renovation caption competition is… Jennifer Terman, on her sassy reminder to “the others” that classic background is, golly, almost holy here. Congratulations, Jennifer, you win an Anne Taintor prize bundle and after I speak to you personally and evaluate your “wants,” a nifty gifty from the website, also. But wait […]

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